Loading apparatus.



PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. E. RING.

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 15, 1906.

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.No. 817,274. PATBNTED APR. 10, 1906.

E. RING. I

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED 311N115, 1906.

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A W I JZ/i/W/ W UNITED STAT ll S P Y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed January 15, 1906. Serial No. 296,047.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EDMUND RING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kingston, in the county of Green Lake and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loading Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly specified with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed, its object being to improve the loading apparatus set forth in my Patent No. 795,859, granted August 1, 1905.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side elevation of my improved loading apparatus, partly in section; Fig. 2, a similar view of a fragment of the same, having the platform thereof mounted similar to a cart for removal from one place to another; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the loader, partly in section and tipped forward; and, Fi 4, a plan view of the carrier element of said foader in the form of a scraper.

Referring by letter to the drawin s, A indicates each of a pair of standards; a headpiece in the form of an arch fastened at its ends to the standards; C, a lower beam also fastened at its ends to said standards, and D each of a pair of inclined braces having their upper ends in pivotal connection with the aforesaid standards. The assemblage of parts thus far described constitutes a frame similar to the one set forthlin the patent aforesaid. Pivots b engage the lower ends of the frame-braces D and bearings 0, de ending from the normally inclined platform F] of the loader. Suspended under the forward portion of the platform by straps d in connection therewlth is a transverse sleeve F, and extending through the sleeve and apertures of the frame-standards is a supporting-rod G, there being apertures at different elevations in said standards to provide for varying the inclination of the platform. Side flanges] of the platform are provided with vertical recesses gnear their forward ends for the urpose hereinafter set forth, and depenc ing from said latform are hangers 72 for the axle H of whee s I, that are off the ground when the aforesaid platform is in its inclined position.

Dependin from the latform is a hanger J, having rig t-angle si e slots '6, with which to engage the ends of a pin j, that extends through one end of a tongue K, engaging said hanger. The platform is provided with a depending bracket L, engaged by the tongue K, and a bolt or pin )4: engages side apertures of the bracket and an aperture min said. tongue when the latter is drawn forward and the projecting ends of its pin put into engagement with the slots of the hanger J aforesaid. To provide for balancing load. with respect to the tongue, there are side apertures at various elevations of the bracket L, and when the loader is to be removed from one place to ana other on its wheels the lower beam C, connectlng the standards A, is caught in the aforesaid vertical recesses of the side flanges of the platform. A doubletree M is attachable to the tongue, and the workmg positlon of said tongue is shown in Fig. 2, its idle position being shown in Fig. 1.

In pivot-bolt connection with the braces D are the branches of a yoke O, in which pulleys P Q are hung, and the yoke branches and said braces are provided with suitablyarranged pivot-apertures to permit variable adjustment of the yoke with respect to that of the platform. To limit back swing of the yoke, the same is connected by chains R to hooks m, with which the standards A are provided, more or less of the chains being taken up on the hooks in proportion to the adjustment of said yoke.

In pivotal connection with the yoke branches is a bail S, and slotted segment ends of the bail are engaged by set-screws a, that turn in said yoke branches and serve to hold said bail in pivotally-adjusted position.

The arch B is provided with a center hanger p for a swivel sheave-block T, and attached to this han er is one end of a dragrope U, that extends down under the pulley P and around a pulley V in connection with jthe triangular swing-bail T of a carrier X, p and from this pulley the rope is run forward under the pulley Q and then up through the sheave-block T aforesaid. As shown in Fig. 1, the drag-rope may be run through another sheave-block Y, anchored to the ground forward of the loader.

The carrier X is herein shown as having the form of a tilting scraper in pivotal connection with the bail W, and in similar connection with this bail is a longitudinallyslotted lever Z, having a rack portion 1' thereof engageable with an upper rear bracket 8 of said. carrier to look said bail forward over the aforesaid carrier and its load. Engaging the slot in the lever is a pin 73, that extendslaterally from a trip-lever Z, fulcrumed in connection with the carrier, and the bail S is adjusted to be in the path of the trip-lever when the carrier has ascent on the platform. The lever mechanism in connection with the carrier is similar to that set forth in my previous patent, and the bail W of said carrier is locked in depressed position over the load by the engagement of the rack of lever Z with the bracket 8 aforesaid. The loaded carrier is elevated on the inclined platform by draft on the drag-rope U, and, the pulley V, in connection with the bail W, having been brought chock with the pulley Q in the yoke O, this yoke and parts in connection therewith are swung forward and upward by continued pull on said dra rope. The carrier being tilted backwar by its load, the lever Z is caused to strike against the platform and automatically unlatch itself from said.

carrier. The carrier eventually fulcrums on the platform and automatically tilts in the proper direction to dump its load in or onto a conveyance arranged to receive the same. If by any chance the load in the carrier is so distributed as to prevent said carrier from tilting backward on its Way up the platform, and thereby prevent the latch-lever Z from coming into contact with said platform, as above specified, the bail S in the path of the trip-lever Z will insure the unlatching of said lever Z to permit the automatic dumping of the aforesaid carrier at the proper time.

The carrier and its load may be pulled up on the platform and the latter and its frame converted into a conveyance, as above described, to haul said load to a dumping-place, and said platform being tilted back by disconnection of its bracket L from the tongue K the withdrawal of said carrier to dump its load is facilitated. It also follows that the platform may be loaded and utilized as a cart to transport the load from place to place, the conversion of said platform and frame into such a conveyance being effected in the manner above specified.

I claim 1. A loading apparatus convertible to a conveyance and comprising standards, rearwardly-eXtending inclined braces in pivotal connection with the standards, a platform in like connection with the braces and in detachable connection with said standards, wheels hung underneath the platform, and means in connection with said platform for connection therewith of a draft-tongue, the standards being supported by the aforesaid platform clear of the ground when said loading apparatus is converted into a conveyance. 2. A loading apparatus convertible to a conveyance and comprising standards, a beam connecting the standards adjacent to their lower ends, rearwardly-extending inclined braces in pivotal connection with said standards, a platform in like connection with the braces and in detachable connection with the aforesaid standards, wheels hung underneath the platform, and means in connection with said platform for connection therewith of a draft-tongue, the aforesaid beam being engageable with recesses in side flanges of said platform when said loading apparatus is converted into a conveyance.

3. A loading apparatus convertible to a conveyance and comprising standards, rearwardly-extending inclined braces in pivotal connection with the standards, a platform in like connection with the braces and in detachable connection with said standards, wheels hung beneath the platform, a hanger and bracket suspended from said platform, and a draft-tongue having adjustable support in the hanger and bracket, the stand ards being supported by the aforesaid platform clear of the ground when said loading apparatus is converted into a conveyance.

4. A loading apparatus convertible to a conveyance and comprising standards, rearwardly-extending inclined braces in pivotal connection with the standards, a platform in like connection with the braces, andin detachable engagement with said standards, a head-piece connecting the standards, a yoke in pivotal connection with said braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, and a carrier having a swing-bail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke.

5. A loading apparatus comprising standards, rearwardly-extending inclined braces in connection with the standards, a platform in inclined connection with said standards and braces, a head-piece connecting the aforesaid standards, a yoke in pivotal connection with the aforesaid braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, and a carrier having a swing-bail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke.

6. A loading apparatus comprising standards rearwardly-inclined braces in connection with the standards, a platform in adjustable inclined connection with said standards and braces, a head-piece connecting the aforesaid standards, a yoke in adjustable pivotal connection with said braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, and a carrier having a swing-bail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke.

7. A loading apparatus comprising standards, rearwardly-inclined braces in connection with the standards, a platform in inclined connection with said standards and braces, a head-piece connecting the aforesaid standards, a yoke in pivotal connection with said braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, a carrier having a swing-bail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke, and an automatic release mechanism for locking the bail forward over the carrier for a time in the ascent of said carrier on the platform.

8. A loading apparatus comprising s'tandards, rearwardly-inclined braces in connection with the standards, a platform in inclined connection with said standards and braces, a head-piece connecting the aforesaid standards, a yoke in pivotal connection with said. braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, a carrier having a swing-bail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke, a lever in connection with the bail and hay ing latch connection with the carrier to lock said bail forward over said carrier, a trip-lever in connection with the aforesaid carrier and latch-lever, and a device in connection with the aforesaid yoke in the path of the trip-lever when said carrier has ascent on said platform.

9. A loading apparatus comprising standards, rearwardly-inclined braces in connection with tne standards, a platform in adjustable inclined connection with said standards and braces, a head-piece connecting the aforesaid standards, a yoke in adjustable pivotal connection with said braces, means limiting rearward swing of the yoke, a carrier having a swing-b ail in tackle connection with said head-piece and yoke, a lever in connec tion with the bail and having latch connection with the carrier to lock said bail forward over said carrier, a trip-lever in connection with the aforesaid carrier and. latch-lever, and a device having adjustable connection with the aforesaid yoke to be in the path of the trip-lever when said carrier has ascent on said platform.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at l\![ilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND RING.

Witnesses GEORGE FELBER, N. E. OLIIHANT. 

